As more spine surgeries transition to the outpatient setting, surgeons and researchers continue to study the cost differences between inpatient and outpatient procedures.

A study in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine researched how patient selection reduced or raised the cost of outpatient spine surgery. Researchers analyzed 16 studies with a total of 370,195 patients who underwent anterior cervical discectomy and fusion and lumbar laminectomy in the outpatient or inpatient setting.

Here are five study findings:

1. Outpatient surgery was more associated with younger patients who were not diagnosed with diabetes.

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